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Multiple NGINX Flaws Let Remote Attackers Crash Servers and Execute Malicious Code

Cybersecurity News4 min read

F5 has disclosed three serious security flaws in NGINX Plus and NGINX Open Source that can let remote, unauthenticated attackers crash worker processes by sending crafted HTTP requests. In certain setups, the memory errors could also allow code execution, although F5 says that outcome requires Address Space Layout Randomization, known as ASLR, to be disabled […] The post Multiple NGINX Flaws Let Remote Attackers Crash Servers and Execute Malicious Code appeared first on Cyber Security News.

F5 has disclosed three serious security flaws in NGINX Plus and NGINX Open Source that can let remote, unauthenticated attackers crash worker processes by sending crafted HTTP requests. In certain setups, the memory errors could also allow code execution, although F5 says that outcome requires Address Space Layout Randomization, known as ASLR, to be disabled or bypassed. All three issues affect the NGINX data plane, which handles user traffic, rather than its control plane. The flaws are…

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